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    BLOG TOUR REVIEW: The Missing Wife by Donna Gowland

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    January 31, 2026
    BLOG TOUR REVIEW: The Missing Wife by Donna Gowland

    Mary Shelley: Philosopher. Writer. Sleuth? In 1814, 16 year old Mary Godwin escapes London to be with the love of her life, Percy Bysshe Shelley, with her step sister Jane tagging along for the adventure. They head to France, following in the footsteps of Mary’s mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, but it…

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    REVIEW: Murder at the Duomo – T A Williams

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    January 29, 2026
    REVIEW: Murder at the Duomo – T A Williams

    Retired Met DCI Dan Armstrong is back for his 14th Italian adventure – accompanied as always by his trusty Labrador sidekick, Oscar. This fabulous cosy series has taken us all around Italy, from North to South, to the islands… but this tale takes place closer to Dan’s adopted home in…

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    BLOG TOUR: A Deadly Inheritance – Jane McParkes

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    December 3, 2025
    BLOG TOUR: A Deadly Inheritance – Jane McParkes

    The book Eco-architect Olivia Wells’s return to the small Cornish seaside village of Penbartha is troubled. She’s taken leave from her successful life in Manhattan to create the legacy her godfather wanted, a sustainable group of entrepreneurs working out of his beloved disused railway station, boosting the local economy and…

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    Review: Murder on Friday Street – Russell Cooper

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    July 22, 2025
    Review: Murder on Friday Street – Russell Cooper

    Tantor Audio have released some of my favourite audiobooks, so I was delighted to see that they are releasing Russell Cooper’s Murder on Friday Street. Well read by Bronwen Price, the hilariously entertaining novel follows a group of former MI6 spies as they dig into a cold case. When Randolph…

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    BLOG TOUR: Death at a Paris Hotel – Verity Bright

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    July 3, 2025
    BLOG TOUR: Death at a Paris Hotel – Verity Bright

    For Lady Eleanor Swift, Paris means champagne at breakfast, romantic walks by the Eiffel Tower… and her deadliest case yet! Newlyweds Lady Swift and Detective Hugh Seldon are honeymooning in the most romantic city on earth. Clifford, her butler,has come along for the trip to make sure everything goes to plan for the happy couple. And Gladstone, the…

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    BLOG TOUR: The Good Father – Liam McIlvanney

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    July 3, 2025
    BLOG TOUR: The Good Father – Liam McIlvanney

    About the book What could be worse than your child disappearing? An emotional, whipsmart and brilliantly clever thriller about a child’s disappearance, and the disintegration of a family in the aftermath. Gordon and Sarah Rutherford are normal, happy people with successful fulfilling lives. A son they adore, a house on…

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    BLOG TOUR: Murder at the English Manor – Helena Dixon

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    May 27, 2025
    BLOG TOUR: Murder at the English Manor – Helena Dixon

    ABOUT THE BOOK A glamorous engagement celebration in an English country manor house… and a local maid dead. Somebody call Kitty Underhay! At home in Devon, Kitty is attending a ball at the very grand Markham Hall. With celebrations in full swing and everyone kitted out in their glad rags, Kitty and…

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    REVIEW: Nightshade – Michael Connelly

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    May 23, 2025
    REVIEW: Nightshade – Michael Connelly

    Ever since picking up a copy of City of Bones at WH Smiths in Glasgow Central Station, I’ve been hooked on Michael Connelly books, and he’s one of the increasing number of writers on my Must Buy list.  Nightshade introduces us to Detective Sergeant Stilwell. Stilwell has a strong sense…

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    The Dog Park Detectives: Bone of Contention – Blake Mara

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    May 23, 2025
    The Dog Park Detectives: Bone of Contention – Blake Mara

    I can’t believe it’s been 10 months since I picked up a copy of Blake Mara’s Dog Park Detectives. The characters and storyline stuck in my head, it felt like a recent read. I was excited therefore to find a new instalment published. In the previous novel, we met the…

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    BLOG TOUR – The Seaside Murders – Helena Dixon

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    May 2, 2025
    BLOG TOUR – The Seaside Murders – Helena Dixon

    A pretty seaside town, a body on the beach, and a boatload of clues. Can super-sleuth Miss Jane Treen solve the mystery? England, 1941: When Jane Treen is summoned to her boss’s office at the end of a long day, she smooths down her tweed skirt and makes them both another strong…

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I’m Kez

I’m a reader and knitter from North West England. I love mystery novels, knitting hats and scarves, and arguing with my three Norwegian Forest Cats. AuDHD. Chaotic. Cosy.

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